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Table 4.1 : Water availability Per Capita and Per hectare of Culturable
Area in the River Basins of India (Pumia et al, 1992)
Major Dams in India
Following are the major dams in India :
1.
BHAKRADAM
Bhakra Dam is one of the earliest multipurpose project in independent India.
The work was started in 1948 and completed in 1963. Situated in Bhakra, Bilaspur
district in Himachal Padesh over Sutlej river has an area of 56,976 km
2
. Water
in the catchment is received from both rainfall (70 cm) and snow (239 cm).
